An incident involving Outlander star Sam Heughan made headlines after a fan interaction at a New Orleans convention.
The actor was at Wizard World when a fan jokingly pretended she was going to grab his rear end, but now Heughan is defending her.
The angles of some videos make it look as though the woman, who was invited on stage during one of Heughanโs panels, grabbed him. However, other angles reveal that she put her hands behind him in a suggestive gesture, not actually touching him.
Embed from Getty ImagesSome fans were outraged, believing that the Outlander actor had been violated without his consent.
However, Heughan has taken to Twitter to note that he didnโt have an issue with it. He posted another angle to clarify that he wasnโt touched and defended the woman.
He went on to retweet a video of another angle.
Even following his clarification, many said that the gesture was a disrespectful joke (one which would never be made to his female co-star Caitriona Balfe without uproar) and shouldnโt have been made at all.
Heughan replied to Entertainment Tonight host Leanne Aguilera to add that he really wasnโt offended and doesnโt feel it needs to be discussed.
โThere was no harm in it. Was all taken out of context. We were messing around and being silly on stage. Should never have been blown up like this,โ he wrote.
He replied to another fan, โNothing happened. I was there. She made a gesture. In jest. I think everyone should calm down.โ
The actor ended his tweet streak by saying he had a โwonderful dayโ at Wizarding World New Orleans 2020.
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